Where does “lavacast” come from?
lavacast (English) comes from English lava, from Italian lava, from Neapolitan lava, from Latin lābēs, from Latin lābor, from Old Latin labos, from Romanian labă, from Hungarian láb — fox.
lavacast (English): A large structure created by building a framework (which can itself be a lavacast) and pouring lava over it, and then water, which transforms the lava into cobblestone blocks. Commonly used to quickly cover a large area without manually placing blocks
Definitions
- A large structure created by building a framework (which can itself be a lavacast) and pouring lava over it, and then water, which transforms the lava into cobblestone blocks. Commonly used to quickly cover a large area without manually placing blocks
Ancestry of “lavacast”, step by step
lavacast traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lava
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lava | The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its... |
| 2 | Italian | lava | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Neapolitan | lava | a torrent of rain which washed the streets |
| 4 | Latin | lābēs | fall, collapse |
| 5 | Latin | lābor | work |
| 6 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 7 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 8 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 9 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |